Barham Salih
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- Oct 12
UNHCR has 35% of its 2026 funding and has cut nearly 8,000 staff since 2024
High Commissioner Barham Salih told the executive committee in Geneva that the refugee agency had $3 billion as of 9 October, against the $8.5 billion it needs for 2026. The agency is restructuring its headquarters and regional offices, and Salih warned that efficiency gains cannot offset the shortfall.
- Oct 2
UNHCR reports 5.8 million refugee children missed school in 2025 as funding drops
A new UN Refugee Agency report shows that 44% of school-age refugee children received no formal schooling in 2025, while international aid shortfalls threaten to widen educational disparities.
- Jun 11
Global forced displacement falls to 117.8 million in 2025, first decline in a decade, UNHCR reports
The number of people forcibly displaced worldwide fell by 5.4 million to 117.8 million at the end of 2025, the first annual decrease in a decade, driven by large-scale returns to countries still gripped by insecurity.
- Jun 11
UNHCR: global forced displacement falls 4% in 2025, first decline in a decade, but involuntary returns raise alarm
The number of forcibly displaced people fell by 4% to 117.8 million in 2025, UNHCR reported, marking the first decline in ten years. The drop was driven by large-scale returns to Afghanistan, Syria, Sudan and DR Congo, but the agency warned many were forced back under unsafe conditions.